The Crescent Sighting Committee at the Ministry of Awqaf (Islamic Endowments) and Islamic Affairs in Qatar has called upon all Muslims living in
the country to look out for the Shawwal crescent on 16 July, which corresponds to 29 of Ramadhan of the Hijri year 1436.
Witnesses should head to the ministry headquarters located in Dafna to report any sightings, reported the Qatar News Agency. The committee will meet immediately after the maghrib (sunset) prayer that day.
In a separate announcement the Qatar Foundation subsidiary Msheireb Properties announced that the Eid Prayer Ground at the Msheireb Downtown Doha will be open to public for prayers
during Eid Al Fitr.